Settling with a loud clunk, the lift came to a stop. The group all began climbing off of the lift when a loud thud was heard in the distance. [YN] looked over at BanBan for reassurance, his ears had perked up and were twitching slightly.

"Move quickly and as quietly as possible, alright everyone?" BanBan stated.

Banbaleena and [YN] nodded. BanBan lead the way, walking as fast as he could while trying to make minimal noise. The others all followed, Banbaleena clung onto her cross, muttering something under her breath.

[YN] looked over at BanBan as they all walked around a corner. His ears were pinned back, his tail swishing around erratically. It was obvious he was tense and worried about something. So far there had been no real threats besides Josh but [YN] also had no idea if he was even capable of following them to the lower levels.

The group stopped in front of a large green door. BanBan pulled out his ring of keycards, tapping one card against the panel on the wall. The door slowly slid open, leading into a small room with a second green door which BanBan also opened.

Upon walking through the second door Banbaleena tapped on BanBan's shoulder to get his attention. He turned around to look at her, a soft smile on his face. His tail suddenly stopped erratically swishing around, returning to the slow swishing it usually was.

"I'm going to take the birds to go speak to Toadster, I need to ask him something. Will you two be okay?" Banbaleena asked.

"We'll be fine, I promise. Worst comes to worst I'll come and find you alright? Stay safe." BanBan smiled softly.

Banbaleena embraced BanBan in a hug, squeezing him tightly and lifting him off of the ground slightly. Letting out a small laugh, BanBan squeezed Banbaleena back. After letting each other go, Banbaleena waved to [YN] before walking away, the birds all trailing behind her.

With that, BanBan and [YN] walked in another direction. BanBan began humming as they walked, his arms crossed behind his back. Gripping onto the straps of their backpack, [YN] quietly tried to copy the humming.

The two walked into a dimly lit room, the lights above them flickering. Looking around the room, [YN] spotted a remote control placed on a table. Slowly, they walked closer to it, their hand reaching out to grab it. Before they could, BanBan placed a hand on their shoulder.

"It's a trap." BanBan whispered as he looked around the room.

"How do you know?" [YN] asked.

BanBan sighed as he pointed over at a place in the darkness. As he did so a figure stepped out of the darkness, his hands in the air defensively. The person seemed to closely resemble "Toadster", another one of the mascots [YN] had seen on one of the murals.

Toadster stood at 6'10", he had broad shoulders and a round stomach. He wore a deep purple button up and black trousers. On top of his head was a dark purple hat with a veil covering his face. A golden cross rested on his chest, attached to a chain around his neck, a common theme that [YN] had noticed.

Giving a small nod, Toadster crossed his arms. A small smile grew on his face as he tilted his head ever so slightly. Turning to look at BanBan, [YN] watched the cat huff and roll his eyes.

"What are you doing Toadster? You know there's no reason for traps anymore." BanBan scoffed, crossing his arms as well.

"Hey now, I told you I don't do traps anymore. I put that there for our dear guest. I've heard the ruckus y'all have been making up there and I knew something big was going on." Toadster explained, throwing his hands up yet again.

"They're trying to help people." BanBan huffed, his tail swishing around more.

"Help, huh? Alright, follow me then."

Toadster spun on his heals, [YN] immediately began to follow him. With a loud sigh, BanBan also followed, his ears drooping more. Jogging slightly to catch up, [YN] looked up at Toadster, despite the veil they could tell he had yellow eyes.

The trio entered a room, Toadster pulled out a chair, nodding at it as [YN] sat down. BanBan stood behind them, watching as Toadster went to grab a folder. Humming quietly, Toadster dropped the folder on the table in front of [YN].

Picking up the folder, [YN] slowly started to go through it. They found a mix of drawings, most basic and simplistic in style. Toadster carefully observed their expressions, watching as their face changed at each drawing.

"Do you recognise any of these faces?" Toadster asked.

"Is this really necessary?" BanBan questioned, raising an eyebrow.

[YN] turned to another page where they saw a drawing of a two sided looking character. They hummed quietly as they pointed at the drawing.

"All of them except this one. I'm not too sure who this is. I've not even seen them on any of the murals." [YN] answered, looking up at Toadster."

Toadster nodded and held his hand out. [YN] closed the folder and handed it to him. After putting the folder away, he turned back to [YN] humming quietly before speaking.

"Why are you here?" Toadster asked blankly.

"I'm trying to find my sibling. They went missing a few months back and I got a letter saying they're here. So here I am." [YN] said as they went in their pocket to find the letter they had been sent, handing it over to Toadster.

Quietly, Toadster unfolded and read the letter. He then looked back at [YN], nodded and handed the letter back. They folded the letter back up, placing it back into their pocket.

"I can help you getting closer to findin them. Follow me." Toadster said.

[YN] stood up, tucking the chair back into the table. They and BanBan followed Toadster out of the room. The three then began to walk, [YN] noticed how quiet BanBan was and nudged him slightly. He looked down at them and gave a soft smile before looking back over at Toadster.

"You know while you're here, if you're up to it I could maybe use another set of eyes. I've been tryin to find the keys to unlock Bouncelia's chains. I've found some of them but there's still a few that I have no idea where they are. Before the humans left this place Bouncelia was punished severely. All she ever did was struggle to smile, not that I can blame her. Bein forced to be a mother to dozens of kids and dealin with the pain of being put into these bodies, it's no wonder she never used to smile." Toadster explained as he let out a shaky laugh.

[YN] listened quietly, gripping onto the straps of their backpack. They looked over at BanBan to see him looking down at the ground, one hand twisting his cross between his fingers.

"I want Bouncelia to be free, or at least as free as possible. In my spare time I try to find the keys but bein the sole carer for Bouncelia, Giggles and the kiddos it's hard for me to find time for that." Toadster continued, stopping outside of a large door.

Toadster turned to face [YN], he placed a hand on their shoulder. BanBan's face turned to disgust, his ears pinned back as his face turned to a snarling expression.

"If you can help in any way, it would be greatly appreciated. But I understand if you don't want to." Toadster smiled softly.

"I'll do the best I can. We'll free her one way or another." [YN] said, placing a hand on top of Toadster's and smiling back.

Toadster nodded appreciatively. "You're a gem, now, let's say hello to the queen."

Toadster removed his hand from [YN]'s shoulder he then pushed the large wooden door open. The three walked into the room, inside it was dimly lit. There was however enough light for [YN] to see her, Bouncelia, sat on a wooden throne with chains attached to all of her limbs.

Even while sitting it was obvious just how tall Bouncelia was, she was just under 25' tall. Her dark purple fur had some lighter patches on her ears, chin and chest. Around the chains on her legs some of her fur had been burned and shaved.

Bouncelia wore a golden crown with three pink gemstones. Over her face was a dark purple veil, poorly hiding her greyed eyes and scarred face. Her cheeks were stained in a black substance, making it look like she had been crying.

Ears twitching slightly, Bouncelia leant forward in her throne. The chains attached to the wall behind her jangled slightly with her movement. [YN] waved up at her, unsure if she could see them at all.

"Oh my, if my eyes don't deceive me, is that a human? We've not had a human in these parts for a very long time. Though I did hear rumour that one had passed through a while back." Bouncelia said, she had a softness to her voice.

"That was my sibling, I've come here to try and find them." [YN] explained.

Bouncelia nodded solemnly. "I see, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I'm afraid the lift to go to the lower levels is currently out of action."

"I can help fix it, can't be that hard right?" [YN] smiled softly as they gripped onto their backpack straps yet again.

"Such an eager spirit you are, I'm sure my dear Toadster would appreciate your help. I wish you good luck on your ventures." Bouncelia nodded again, her chains clanking more.

The trio said their goodbyes before leaving, they began walking making their way towards what Toadster had described as a "station". BanBan held onto his cross, humming quietly as they all walked. [YN] looked at the walls, noticing that there were a mix of posters spread around on the walls with strange quotes on them.

"The face you didn't recognise is Giggles by the way. They mainly stay here on floor four since his punishment. It drove him into a state of psychosis, often strugglin to tell what's real and what's fake." Toadster explained.

[YN] nodded quietly as they walked through a door, the three of them arriving at the station. BanBan walked over to the platform, opening the gate and holding it. Toadster and [YN] climbed on, BanBan getting on after them and closing the metal gate.

BanBan pressed a button on the top of the platform. After several loud clunking noises they began to move. [YN] held onto one of the metal poles at the corner. They stared off into the distance as BanBan hummed quietly.

"You know I mentioned bein Bouncelia's carer? Have been pretty much since I was given this body but it became a bigger thing when she was chained up. Myself, her, Giggles and the kiddos slowly ended up becomin like a family. Despite all the odds we created somethin nice even in the darkness." Toadster smiled softly as he leant against the metal gate.

"I'm sure you're a great family, it sounds like you take great care of them all." [YN] whispered, not looking away from where they were staring.

"You're kinda like part of the family too, BanBan." Toadster laughed playfully.

BanBan scoffed and crossed his arms. He rolled his eyes and looked away from Toadster. [YN] looked between the two, watching as Toadster's smile faded slightly.

"As stubborn as you are, you're still a sweetheart and we all care about you, Uthman." Toadster stated.

The platform came to a sudden stop, the metal gate opening automatically, resulting in Toadster stumbling backwards and almost falling over. [YN] covered their mouth, trying to hold back a laugh. BanBan, however, didn't hide his laughter. He let out a small snort laugh.

Standing up straight, Toadster cleared his throat then began walking. BanBan and [YN] followed closely behind him. The three of them walked up to a purple door. Pulling out his keycards, BanBan began looking through them all.

The door had two panels on either side of it. [YN] pulled out their purple keycard, BanBan did the same. The both of them tapped their corresponding cards against the panels. A small musical tune began to play as the door slid open.

[YN] walked through the door, before the other two could walk through it slammed shut, surrounding them in darkness. BanBan immediately began banging on the door.

"Crap! Stay there okay? I'll find a way to unlock this thing, just stay calm alright?" Toadster exclaimed.

BanBan continued banging on the door. As he did so, [YN] felt their chest tightening. The darkness suddenly made them aware of just how cold they were, their body shaking. Falling to their knees, [YN] hugged their chest, their body shaking as they rapidly breathed in and out.

A hand on their shoulder made [YN] jump slightly. Despite the darkness [YN] could see a masked face leaning close to them. The person tilted their head slowly, the sound of bells jingling as they did.

"The door will open soon." The voice was raspy, almost echoing slightly.

[YN] fumbled in their pockets, pulling out a flashlight and shining it at the face of the masked person. The person barely flinched, their head tilting again. Behind the mask, [YN] could see purple and green on separate halves of their face. Around their neck was a large golden plate.

The door opened with a loud clang, [YN] immediately stood up, running out of the room. BanBan stumbled from where he was sat on the floor, running to [YN] and placing both hands on their shoulders. He looked them up and down, his ears pinned back.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt at all?" BanBan asked, his eyes wide with fear.

"I'm fine, just a little anxious but it's fine." [YN] muttered.

BanBan tightly wrapped his arms around [YN] in a hug. They tensed up slightly at the contact before relaxing and gripping onto the back of his shirt gently.

Toadster let out a relieved sigh as the masked person stepped out of the room, the sound of bells jingling as they walked. Leaning up, Toadster placed a hand on their masked cheek. He gave a soft smile, standing on his toes to place a kiss to their other cheek.

"Who is that?" [YN] asked as they separated from their hug with BanBan.

"That's BitterGiggle, one of the jesters created to try and make Bouncelia laugh." BanBan explained.

Bittergiggle stood at 8'10" tall, their clothes were half purple and half green. On their right side was a snake like hand, both wrists had golden chains around them. The white mask they wore looked like a mix of the classic comedy and tragedy mask.

"You know what, why don't we split up to look for the missin parts to repair the lift? Should be able to cover more ground that way." Toadster suggested

[YN] agreed with the suggestion, going in one direction with BanBan while Toadster and Bittergiggle went another. Shining their flashlight around to light up the room, [YN] hummed quietly. BanBan followed close by. Eventually he placed a hand on [YN]'s shoulder to guide them towards a door.

After opening the door the duo walked inside, revealing a room full of vents leading up into the ceiling. The room had a strange smell to it, the deeper into the room they got the stronger the smell was. Walking past one of the vents, [YN] smelt the stench at its strongest.

Backtracking slightly, [YN] walked up to the vent, slowly lifting up the panel at the end of it. Kneeling down to look inside, they saw something further inside the vent. They looked up at BanBan who was nervously twisting his cross.

"There's something in there." [YN] stated.

"Do you think it's one of the keys?" BanBan asked, humming softly.

"Only one way to find out I guess."

With that, [YN] climbed into the vent, even with their body being smaller than the mascots they struggled to fit inside it. It was obvious why no one had checked inside it. The vent was dark and wet, [YN]'s hands getting covered in something sticky as they crawled.

At the end of the vent there was a small, clear polymer bag with what looked like two eyes inside of it. Underneath the bag was a keycard. Picking up both, [YN] slowly started to go backwards in the vent. As they did so the sound of scuttling could be heard, making them go back even faster.

Losing track of how far they had gone, [YN] fell out of the vent, landing on their back on the floor. BanBan's eyes widened in shock as they triumphantly raised the bag with the eyes in the air.

"Not a key but I got a bag of eyes!" [YN] exclaimed, rolling over before climbing up off of the floor.

BanBan stared at them with wide eyes, his tail swishing around erratically. [YN] raised an eyebrow, taking off their backpack to put the bag inside of it.

"You're looking at me like I've got some huge bug on my face." [YN] laughed playfully.

"About that.." BanBan muttered.

Before BanBan could say anything else, [YN] felt something on their face. They instinctively swatted at it, smacking away a spider. BanBan covered his mouth, trying to hold back a laugh while [YN] glared at him.

Sighing, [YN] put their backpack on again and the two continued walking. At the end of the hall was a door, [YN] unlocked it with the keycard they found in the vent. The room behind was filled with TV screens showing camera footage. Some of the screens were paused, a few in particular paused on zoomed in images of [YN]'s face.

Looking around the room more, [YN] spotted a cork board. On it were dozens of pinned pictures of them at varying stages of their childhood. Slowly walking closer, [YN] reached out towards the board. Many of the pictures they didn't even remember being taken.

In a panicked state, [YN] took off their backpack, pulling out the folder Stinger Flynn had given them. They began frantically flipping through the pages. All of the pictures were there too, attached with paperclips. They looked between the folder and the board before turning to look at BanBan, his mouth covered by one hand and eyes wide.

"We shouldn't be here.." [YN] muttered.

BanBan nodded slowly, glancing over at the screens as one flickered between pictures of [YN]. Another screen rapidly flashed, displaying letters which spelt L-E-T M-E D-I-E. Tearing the pictures off of the wall, [YN] shoved everything they could into their backpack.

Glancing around the room they spotted a keycard, picking it up before leaving the room. Before leaving, [YN] looked back at the flashing screen with letters again. It was now flashing something else. It spelt out H-E W-O-N-T L-E-T M-E D-I-E. With a chilling feeling going down their spine, [YN] tapped the keycard on the panel again, making the door slam shut.

The two then made their way back down the hallway, walking in complete silence. The only noise being their footsteps echoing. Once reaching the beginning of the hall, [YN] used the keycard they had just found to unlock a locker. Inside were several mechanical cogs and gears.

After collecting the parts the duo made their way back to the cart, riding it in silence. [YN] stared blankly at the wall the entire time, nervously scratching the back of their hand. BanBan held onto his cross, slowly twisting it between his fingers as his tail frantically swished around.

Stepping off of the platform, [YN] looked up to see Toadster waving at them. They gave a shaky smile, waving back slowly. His smile faltered seeing their expression but his face quickly lit back up again seeing the cogs.

"You found them! Great job you two, I found some screws and with what you've found I should have plenty to fix the ol' thing up. It'll be practically brand new!" Toadster exclaimed, puffing up his chest slightly.

[YN] nodded, handing Toadster the parts. "Do you need any help?"

"Nah I can handle it myself. If you still feel up to it, you could maybe do some looking around for me, maybe see if you can find any keys? Though don't push yourself, you look exhausted." Toadster said softly.

"Yeah we can have a look for you, I want to help in any way I can." [YN] said, gripping onto the straps of their backpack.

"You're a star, you know? Now stay outta trouble alright you two? I'll see ya around."

Toadster nodded at BanBan before leaving. [YN] let out a shaky breath, running a hand through their hair. Their breath was heavy, a slight pain in their chest. BanBan hummed quietly, placing a hand on their shoulder.

"If you need a moment to process, we can take a break. I know a lot has happened." BanBan suggested, a small smile on his face.

"I don't need a break, I need to help you all and to find my sibling. I'll take a break when I know they're safe." [YN] mumbled, shrugging off BanBan's hand before starting to walk.

BanBan followed behind quietly. The duo made their way back to where Bouncelia was, upon hearing them enter the room her ears twitched slightly, a soft smile on her face.

"We found the parts for the lift, Toadster said he's going to fix it now." [YN] explained.

"Thank you very much dear, I'm sure Toadster greatly appreciates your assistance. I wish there was a way for me to properly thank you." Bouncelia said softly.

[YN] thought back to the room with the vents, specifically the bag they found. Humming quietly they squeezed the straps of their backpack.

"I found something while looking for the parts. In a vent there was a bag with two eyes in it. One green and one purple. Do you think they belong to someone?" [YN] asked.

"Two eyes you say? I think there's a high possibility they belong to one of the jesters. Perhaps you can find them and ask?" Bouncelia suggested, tilting her head slightly.

[YN] nodded and agreed, they said goodbye before leaving. Bouncelia wished the two well, waving as best she could as she watched the two leave. Before long the two stumbled into Stinger Flynn and Seline. [YN] waved at Seline and she saved back, smiling softly.

Stinger looked between [YN] and BanBan, humming quietly. He requested to speak to BanBan alone and so Seline and [YN] went on a slow walk together. Seline held her hands in front of her, her fingers interlocked as she hummed softly.

"You seem troubled." Seline whispered, her smile not faltering in the slightest.

[YN] flinched slightly, looking up at Seline. She let out a soft laugh, turning to look at [YN], a soft expression on her face. [YN] looked down at the ground, letting out a shaky breath.

"I guess I'm just scared, you know? That and confused on what BanBan's deal is." [YN] muttered.

"Well I know I can help with that second part, he has D.I.D." Seline stated.

"D.I.D?" [YN] asked, moving some of their hair out of their face.

"It's short for dissociative identity disorder. In short, due to the extreme traumas BanBan faced, his brain split into separate identities. Those identities take on the names of BanBan, Uthman and Hellish. The split happened to try and keep them safe, it's a trauma response. The different traits you see being shown are most likely different alters, or identities, being shown." Seline explained, slowly fiddling with her thumbs.

"So it's like there's three people in one body?"

"Essentially yes. BanBan is a sweet person, he means well. Just try to be patient with him, alright?" Seline looked up thoughtfully.

[YN] nodded as they squeezed the straps of their backpack. Suddenly a mix of things made a lot more sense, especially the physical differences they had seen. The two then came to a stop by the station, BanBan was stood there quietly. BanBan looked up upon hearing footsteps, his ears perking up slightly.

Seline held open her arms as an offer, [YN] quietly hugged her. The two held each other for a moment before separating. Seline then waved as [YN] and BanBan stepped back into the platform. Waving back, the two continued on their way.

Standing in silence for a while, [YN] looked over at BanBan, noticing his tail was slowly swishing around. His ears weren't fully pinned back, but still resting down. His eyes ever so slightly dilated and not as golden in colour.

"If I can ask, who's in control right now?" [YN] asked.

"Uthman, it's Uthman. That's sweet of you to ask." Uthman smiled softly.

[YN] nodded. "It's just the three of you right? No one else I need to know about?"

Uthman let out a soft laugh, playfully rolling his eyes and crossing his arms. "Just the three of us. Is it really that obvious who's who?"

"The tail and eyes are the biggest give away, I'm guessing Hellish is whitened eyes?" [YN] questioned, smiling softly.

Uthman nodded, the two spoke for a while longer before getting off of the cart at their stop. While walking and talking the two laughed softly. Their laughter quickly came to an end when hearing a loud rumbling sound. Uthman quickly grabbed [YN] pulling them behind a wall.

As soon as they were behind the wall, Josh ran past on all fours. [YN] covered their mouth, trying to make as little sound as physically possible. The two stood there for a while, waiting until the sound of Josh's running was completely gone.

[YN] looked up at Uthman, noticing his eyes were now far more golden looking. His ears fully were pinned back. Slowly, they moved their hand away from their face.

"BanBan?" [YN] asked.

BanBan turned to look at them, his eyes wide, he nodded. "That was a close one. We should keep moving."

[YN] agreed and with that they continued walking. Before long the two came across a large door. BanBan pulled out his keycards, going through them, [YN] did the same. Neither of them had the correct keycard.

"There's two ways to go, it's got to be around here. Why don't we split up and look for the card. Worst comes to worst we scream and go find each other." [YN] suggested.

"Will you be alright?" BanBan asked, his tail swishing around more.

"Promise I'll be fine. If I really need it, I have a hammer in my bag." [YN] half joked.

BanBan seemed satisfied with the answer, with that they split up. Before long, [YN] came across a green door, they unlocked it and were met by three mascots. The three of them looked between each other then down at [YN]. All of them had snake like "hands" on their right side.

The smallest of the trio was MelonSpice, their right side was a light green with their left being a mix of pink and purple. Instead of a neck they had a metal plate which connected to their shoulders. They wore dark grey trousers and a desaturated purple crop top.

The second was called LemonMeringue. Their entire lower half was mechanical, they wore a blue and orange button up shirt. Their right side was a light blue with their left being yellow. Their right arm had a large scar around it, the lower half being a darker blue colour.

Finally, BubblegumPop, the tallest of the trio. Their eyes were blackened with white slits, their right side pink and left side blue. The left side was missing an arm but had a lighter blue ribbon wrapped around it.

Upon seeing BubblegumPop, [YN] was reminded of the eyes. They took off their backpack, rummaging through it and pulling the smaller bag out. The trio's eyes all widened.

"Bouncelia said that if I found you all to ask if these belonged to any of you." [YN] stated, looking between them.

"Those are BitterGiggle's eyes, I'd recognise those anywhere." LemonMeringue whispered.

[YN] nodded quietly, noticing the keycard on the table beside the trio. "Do you mind if I borrow that? I'll bring it back, I promise."

BubblegumPop picked up the keycard, throwing it over at [YN]. They fumbled to catch the keycard, trying not to drop the bag in the process.

"Have it on us, just make sure Giggles gets his eyes back in one piece, alright?" BubblegumPop smiled softly.

[YN] nodded, putting the eyes back in their backpack and waving before leaving. They made their way back to the door, humming quietly as they walked. Upon reaching it they waited a while for BanBan but decided to open the door after a few minutes.

With a loud click and thud the door slowly slid open. The room inside was dimly lit, the lights flickering. There were several screens showing different parts of the facility, all hooked up to a computer. Sat at the desk was Zolphius, his body broken and barely functioning.

Zolphius was 90% machine. Their legs, torso, arms and neck all mechanical. His head and chest remained in tact, though heavily scarred. Their eyes were black pits with three toned grey irises. His skin was an ashy, turquoise-ish blue colour.

Slowly turning on his seat revealed the fact he had two sets of teeth in his blackened mouth. On his abdomen was a container of sorts, a turquoise substance inside of it. Their body was broken and the mechanical parts had been torn apart in places, wires askew.

"Your sibling is safe." Zolphius stated, his voice sounding mechanical, almost synthetic with a slight glitching effect to it.

[YN] quietly stepped into the room, trying to take in all of the details of his face. It was scarred beyond repair. They could sense a deep feeling of sorrow emitting from him, they could almost feel his pain without even knowing his story.

"The key you need is within my abdomen. If you don't mind the blood, you're free to take it." Zolphius said, his voice monotone yet somehow cold.

[YN] thought for a moment before speaking, looking around the room and glancing at a table on the other side of it. "Can you lay down on the table?"

Zolphius hummed quietly before nodding. Slowly he pushed himself up from the chair with his one remaining hand. Upon standing their body shook slightly, legs wobbling as they slowly began to walk. It was then that [YN] noticed his left leg was shorter than the right.

[YN] moved closer to Zolphius, wrapping an arm around his waist and helping him over to the table. When over to it they lifted him onto it. Lying down and staring up at the ceiling, Zolphius hummed quietly. His hand resting on his chest.

Taking out their backpack, [YN] pulled out the hammer and metal rod as well as a few other small tools. Each tool was set on the table before [YN] leant closer to look at the container. Around the seam were several small screws.

"It's in here right?" [YN] asked, tracing a finger along one of the screws.

"Correct." Zolphius said.

[YN] rolled up their sleeves, took in a deep breath and got to work. It was a long process to remove all of the screws but they made sure to remove each one carefully. Then, they slowly pulled off the glass plate. Once it was set down on the table, [YN] slowly reached their hand inside the turquoise substance.

It was cold to the touch, almost too cold. [YN] shivered slightly as they felt around, being careful not to spill too much. After a while they found it, slowly pulling out the key. They placed the key on the table, put the glass plate back and began redoing the screws. Tightening the screws took longer than loosening them, not that [YN] minded. The two were quiet the entire time, the only noise in the room being the computer humming.

Once it was done, [YN] put their tools and the key back in their bag. They then helped Zolphius off of the table and back to his seat. He was still silent as he sat down, glancing at [YN] quietly. Putting their backpack back on, [YN] wiped their bloody hand on their hoodie before giving a small wave.

"Thank you for the help. I promise I'll come back to help you in return once I've found my sibling." [YN] smiled softly.

"Don't bother. I've been broken and put back together more times than I can count. You can't fix what will always be broken." Zolphius said, his voice cracking slightly.

[YN] thought for a moment before responding. "Even if you'll always be broken, you deserve a chance just like everyone else here."

Zolphius hummed quietly before turning back to the computer screen. Without another word, [YN] left the room. While walking they heard running up ahead, they slowly jogged forwards, the pain in their chest worsening. Before long they caught up to see BanBan running after NabNab who was running on the ceiling.

Spotting a key on the floor, [YN] picked it up. As they bent down they felt a sharp pain in their chest. Wincing at the feeling, they decided to slowly follow the two. It didn't take long before they lost track of them, deciding to give up and go back to the station.

[YN] rode the cart to the third location, after stepping off they walked around before coming across a large door. Unlocking it they walked through to see Bittergiggle sat with a large cat-like creature.

Kittysaurus, the cat and dinosaur hybrid yawned loudly. Under her arms and at the end of her tail were feathers. Her fur was a mix of orange and white, her eyes a pale yellow.

Taking the eyes out of their bag, [YN] walked over to BitterGiggle. The jester was sat with his legs crossed. He hummed quietly, looking up at [YN] and tilting his head.

"I found something that belongs to you." [YN] said, softly.

Quietly, BitterGiggle took off his mask, revealing his mutilated face. His eyes were black pits with small white slits at the back. Their cheeks were stained with black tears and his mouth cut at the sides to form a permanent half smile, half frown.

"May I?" [YN] asked.

BitterGiggle frantically nodded before sitting as still as they could. [YN] took the eyes out of the bag, as carefully as possible they slowly reinserted the eyes into BitterGiggle's sockets. He squinted and blinked several times before looking around.

"Gigggles, what are ya doin?" Toadster asked.

[YN] turned around, not realising Toadster was there. Toadster's eyes widened and he ran towards them, he placed both hands on BitterGiggle's cheeks, staring into their eyes. BitterGiggle laughed softly, small tears rolling down their cheeks, leaning into the touch.

Toadster threw his arms around BitterGiggle, the two laughing between sobs as they held each other close. After a moment, Toadster grabbed [YN] pulling them into the hug as well. Letting out a soft laugh, they hugged the two back, trying to ignore the pain in their chest.

"Thank you, thank you for everythin." Toadster muttered.

The three separated after a while. [YN] continued walking while Toadster and BitterGiggle talked. Before long they came across another door, unlocking it with two different keycards.

Inside the room was a large duffel bag. Leaning down, [YN] looked inside it. The bag had what looked like a large purple and gold dress. At the bottom of the bag was also a key. Standing up, they picked up the bag, hoisting it over their shoulder.

Slowly they made their way back to Toadster. Upon seeing them he immediately ran over, taking the bag from them. Curiously, he looked inside the bag, his eyes immediately going wide.

"This is... Bouncelia's old dress." Toadster stated.

"I found three keys, do you think that's enough?" [YN] asked.

Toadster's face lit up and he frantically nodded. The group then made their way back to Bouncelia, joyfully joking and laughing the entire way. Upon getting off of the cart and walking towards the room they met back up with BanBan.

Toadster, Bittergiggle, BanBan and [YN] then worked together to remove Bouncelia's chains. New scars had formed underneath from the years of being restrained. Bouncelia slowly stood up, her legs shaking beneath her.

Bouncelia held onto her throne as the group helped her out of her dark purple dress and into her purple and gold one. As soon as it was on she looked down at herself, looking at her hands and the dress. She then looked down at the others, tears forming in her eyes. She gave a soft, shaky laugh as a wide smile formed on her face.

"Thank you, thank all of you. Words cannot describe how truly grateful I am for all of you. Especially you, [YN], it seems like you're our personal saviour." Bouncelia said between shaky breaths.

"I'm just here to help between trying to find my sibling. None of you deserved the horrors that you've been put through." [YN] replied, smiling softly, wiping away their own tears.

After a thorough goodbye, Toadster showed BanBan and [YN] the way to the lift. [YN] made sure to take the keys and put all of them in their backpack, having a strange gut feeling they may need them again in the future.

BanBan hummed quietly while they walked, his tail erratically swishing around. Upon arriving at the lift, Toadster opened it, holding it open for [YN] and BanBan before climbing on himself.

"I'm surprised you're coming with us." BanBan muttered as Toadster pressed the button to activate the lift.

"After everythin [YN] here has done? It's the least I could do." Toadster smiled, nodding over at [YN].

[YN] smiled softly, quietly sitting down as the lift slowly lowered them. They looked up quietly, once again seeing NabNab leaning over the edge, except this time when they made eye contact, he didn't run. [YN] looked away, glancing over at BanBan. They were certain that they were nearing the end of their journey, or at least hoped so anyway.